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Creating a w3c validated rss feed using Rome and spring 3

By jettro, on February 16th, 2010

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For my current customer I had to create an rss feed. In the java domain you immediately grab Rome to do the job. There was a catch. My customer wants (with good reason) to have feeds validated by the w3c feed validator. This turned out to be a slightly more complicated job. Luckily Rome has good support for extensions, so at least it was possible.

In this blog post I describe the challenges I had creating the validated feed. If you want more in depth information please check my post on my employers blog : serving a heavy load rss feed with spring 3 and ehcache.

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February 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Java, Technology | 10 comments

When good guys start looking like bullies….

By Ben, on September 23rd, 2008

An opinion on SpringSource’s new maintenance policy 

Introduction

On September 17, 2008 SpringSource announced a new Maintenance Policy regarding its software offerings, particularly its primary product (the Spring Framework) both in its open source and Enterprise editions. The new policy reads as follows:

Customers who are using SpringSource Enterprise, available under a subscription, will receive maintenance releases for three years from the general availability of a major new version. These customers receive ongoing, rapid patches as well as regular maintenance releases to address bugs, security vulnerabilities and usability issues, making SpringSource Enterprise the best option for production systems.

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September 23rd, 2008 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Technology | 3 comments